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      November7,1846. The Northern Star. 3

      November 7 , 1846 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 3

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      "Through." For The Hra« Working Men Of G...

      " THROUGH . " for the hra « working men of Geneva , which mall « 3 nnghy fl » ^ l . ^^« 0 « i ' » ie ma J arfreojiditwn .

      bt xbnebt josib . nondsmcn ! & ' J ° w rJ a * pMng ! TTsrriors ! to yonr colours true ! Tt-ooia yon gain your hearts' desiring , Take the gallant watchword : "Through . *' ' Throug h * ' old prejudice and folly , That around yon , palsied , stand , Send the truth-cry ' s deadening volley , Stretch the Teil-uplifting hand" Through "the dangers , that beset you In the taverns solace vain : Slavery on the threshold met you ; Freedom beckons oat again !

      ' * Through " the false foe * weak ensnaring " Through * the chains of foul desire , Hear ts ^ of hope ! and souls of daring ! Burst , like a consuming fire ! " Through " the battened wall , if need be , Spite the cannon hristling o ' er ; Though a million ' s death decreed he . Freedom's worth it all , and more ! 'What , if dangers do surround ns ! They can bring no sadder doom , Than the one in which they found ns , At the plough and at the loom . Are not living bosoms bleeding ! Are not factories living graves ? He , who lives one day of freedom . Lives a thousand days of slaves !

      Who would shun the cannon ' s rattle , Or the bayonet ' s deadly blow ! Better sudden death in battle . Than by famine sore and slow ! "We are men of peace and order , But , if power abuse its might , - We can chastise a marauder , And the smiter we can smite ! Their ' s the fault , if battles take ns , Out , from slavery ' s abyss ; If they find us triat they make t » ,

      They mast Uame themselves for this ! "WhatUpeace , that ' s base andknavish ? What is law , that ' s raised on lies ! "What is life , that ' s tame and slavish . Bat a thing that crawls and dies ? No recoiling ! no retreating ! Every soldier take his post , "While the muster-drums are beating Truth ' s alarms to Freedom ' s host ! "Warriors ! for the fight preparing ! Freemen ! to your colours true ! Hearts of hope ! and souls of daring ! Hark ! The watch ward '* # '««»• Thbodoh

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      Tatfs Edinburgh Magazine. November. Edin...

      TATFS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE . November . Edinburgh : W . Tait . Prince ' s Street , London : "Simpkin andJMarshalL The article headed "Passages in the Life ef a Literary Blackguard / ' will disappoint those who may expect to find in its columns revelations of any present or recent celebrities . The "Black guard " exposed is one Pietro Aretino , who , in the sixteenth century , contrived to gain an eminence he ill deserved . Mrs . Gore ' s " Temptation and Atonement " is continued . The " principal reviews are " Brown ' s Lectures on Ethics , " and Dr . Alexander ' s " Switzerland and the Swiss Churches . " We are glad to

      learn from Dr . Alexander ' s book that the gloomy fanaticism called Calvinism is exploded in its birthplace , Geneva , and is at a , - latent throughout Switzerland . An Edinburgh paper recently remarked , with much troth , that '' Protestantism ( as the Refarmation fixed it ) has lost its hold on the masses throug hout Europe . Whether we look to Austria or to France , whether we search the street' of Berlin , of Geneva , of London , or of Edinburgh , the instant we look beneath the surface , we find that the operative classes have swung loose from their old aschorage . " We take the following extract from the Doctor ' s book : —

      A SWISS GCIDI . "We had the disadvantage , in making our ascent of the Vengern Alp , to have to do it under the scorching heat ofthe sun , whose rays not only beat on us directly , bnt were refit cted from tbe sides of the bank , along tbe face of - which we had to move . For the first hour the toil was almost overpowering , and though we had denuded ourselves of all garments but such as wer « indispensable , tbe perspiration streamed from every pore . The first part of the ascent , however , Is immcasureably the worst ; after that , the path lies along a comparatively gentle slope , where there is little climbing . Having gained this easier path , we had time to sarvej the gran 4 scene which was spread before ns , and having now a little breath to spare we could indulge in conversation . Here we found the advantage of a gui ' e like Jlfchele , who could talk

      by the hour , or be as silent as an automaton , according as we wished . We found him perfectly fomi'iar with every spot in the vast ' panorama spread before ns ; and exceedingly comicunicative even on points relative to his own affairs and circumstances . He was a great patriot in his way—a sort of village Winkdried—bad been out last year in the assault upon Lucerne , and was occupied continually during his spare hours in practising with tbe rifle , with which he eould perform an endless multitude of marvellous exploits , such as hitting a half franc piece . Iknownothowfaroff , snuffing a candle without extingnichic- it , and for aught I can tell , hitting an apple off his son s head without toacbing a hair . There was a touch of thegascon in him that was exceedingly racy ; he was quite sure the patriots would take Lucerne as soon as the harvest was over .

      • Why not take the long day for it , Michele , * I said , ' aid settle the affair now , so that wo travellers may have the satisfaction of seeing one . at least , of yonr perpetual revolutions at an end t ' ¦ Ah ! Monsieur knows we must he prudent , we must get our crops secured first . ' ' A most commendable course certainly , for as yon are sure to he beaten , it is well to have something to comfort yon when yon come home , if you are lucky enough to escape with your lives . " 'Beaten , Monsieur ! bah ! e'est impossible ! No , we shall march into Lucerne in a week from the time we oegia our campaign . It was all a mistake last year . Beaten ! bah ! Monsieur doesn't know tbe brave Bt rnois . ' And Michele raised his shoulders , on which rested our knapsacks , and strutted en tnUitaire for a few paces , and then struck the point of his baton into the turf , and rehevedbimself by exclaiming , ' A has les Jesuits ! Honneur aus patriotes Lucernois ! Tengeance vengeance !'

      Poor Michele ; with all his good . heartedness , and all his hatred of the Jesuits , we soon found that in regard to any correct conceptions of spiritual religion , he was completely in the dark . He was a Protestant , and in profession , at least , a heliever in revelation ; bnt his real position was one of utter infidelity or indinentism . His wife , he told ns , was a Catholic , bnt he assured ns they got on very well together , for she was a good woman , and he was no bigot : * Indeed , ' said he , ' 1 often go to chapel with her ; not that I care for it , but it pleases her . '"Well , and does she ever go to your church with you ? 'Oh . no , Monsieur ; she is very good , hut she would not do that . ' ' Then it appears that she is much more attached to her religion than yon are to yours . * 'Ah , sans doute , Monsieur ; the poor woman is a ¦ devote , bnt as for me , I thank God 1 am more free . '

      My friend here took him up , and endeavoured to impress upon him thenceessity of sincerity and earnestness in religion ; hut he appeared to make little impression on the light heart of Michele . "Lok ' , Monsieur , ** exclaimed the latter , after some abortive attempts to reason the matter with my friend , " I am a Protestant , and my wife is a Catholic . Ifs all one ; the great God does not trouble himself with our littltf differences ( le grand Bleu ne s ' embarrasse pas de nespetites differences )/* The Scotch parson calls his Swiss guide an " ignorant peasant , " afflicted with "a miserable and irrational indifference to all reli g ions distinctions . " It

      strikes ns that the good Swiss is a much more sensible man than his Scotch critic . If all felt likehonest Michele there would be no religious persecution , no religious bitterness . According to our view , a more unaffected and truly noble idea was never expressed by mortal man than that enunciated by the Swiss guide : — 'The Great God does not trouble himself with oar little differences . " It is true Michele avows his readiness to fight against the Jesuits , bat why ? Not because the Jesuits are Catholic ? , but because they are conspirators against the rights of man , and the freedom of nations . In support of this assertion ^ re shall quote t he following simple enumeration of facte from Dr . Alexander ' s book : —

      TBE JESUITS . A continual source of disturbance in Switzerland arises from the supremacy ef the Jesuits in certain of the cantons , and their incessant attempts to procure influence in alL These hold , restless , and unscrupulous emissaries of Rome effected a settlement in Switzerland ab & nt the end of the sixteenth century , not without great difficulty , and in the face of much opposition from the people . Since then , their history in this country has macn resembled their history in most other parts of Europe where they have had settlements . Ithasverified

      tee almost prophetic declaration of the third general of their order , Francis of Borgia , — "We shall insinuate ourselves like lambs , and govern like wolves ; men shall drive us out like dogs , but like the eagle , we shall renew our youth . " Under the most plausible dif guises , and by * e most unscrupulous means , they have effected an entrance into districts which seemed the most firmly barred agaSnst them ; and wherever they have entered they have laboriously pursued their career of intoltranee and self-8 ?? ranuisement . Again and again has the popular in . donation burst out against them , and driven them from the eountry , andas often as they have been expelled they

      Tatfs Edinburgh Magazine. November. Edin...

      have returned to attempt new aggressions upon human !*«^ f ""^ wpr t ratenew audacities ag ainstthe dearest rights of the people . Their principal ~ sSat of nower ii Freiburg , where they have a . college , and where they reign with nnq . uestioned supremacy . In Soleure , Schwitz , and Haut Yalais , theyalso existin considerable strength FromFreyburgh . as their centre , they send forth mis . sionar . es whose duty it is to preambulate thelwhole country , and by all means in their power promote the objects of the party . What theseobjects are they do not conceal . The entire extirpation of Protestantism , the complete triumph of Dltra-montanism in the Catholic church , ihe overthrew of political liberty , and the appropriation by their order of the entire work of education : these are the objects to which the Jesuits of Switzerland are at present devoting their vast resources and untiring energies .

      In 18 « , a great association was formed under J « suit influence , which took the name of "The Catholic League * ( Katholuches Bund . ) Thii was instituted after the Inaction party , as the Jesuits adherents are called , had sustained a defeat in the Biet upon the question of permiting monasteries and nunneries to be re-established in Switzerland . No sooner wa » this decision given than a meeting was called of the canons of Lucerne , TJri , Schweitz , Unterwalden , Zug , and Freyburg , at Lucerne , and there , on the 1-hh of September , 1813 , was originated this Catholic association . So strong was the feeling pervading its members , that it was even proposed that they should make a repeal of the Helvetic confederacy their

      war-cry , or , at any rate , seek tlie seperation of the associated cantons from the rest . From this league , as a centre , has proceeded all the reactionary effort which , of late years , has kept Switzerland in a perpetual ferment . The great objects proposed by the Catholic League , as in the first instance to be secured , were the following : — 1 . The establishment of a bishopric in St . Gnll , in tbe hope of bringing that canton entirely under ultramontane influence ; 2 . The overthrow and annihilation of the liberal party in Yalais ; and-3 . The accomplishment of an old project , the recall of the Jesuits into Lucerne—a project which tbe League held to be , of all the rest , the most important .

      In a country where so much intelligence and love of liberty exists among the people , as Is the case in Switzerland , it is not to be supposed that schemes like th se coul-i ke carried on without much opposition and leading to nmeli popular excitement . Accordingly , wherever the Jesuits and the Catholic League have attempted to carry out their projects , tbe consequence has been civil commotion , and in seme cases , civil war . They have thrown St . Gall , heretofore one of the most quiet cantons , into fierce contention ; in Yalais and Lucerne they have been the sols causes of the late insurrections and bloodshed ; and even in soma of the Frotestant cantons , they have not remotely led to much of the disorder of of which these cantons have been ' the scene . It is

      impossible to observe the workings of this mischievous body in Switzerland without fully assenting to the following remarks of a . Swiss writer : " The Jesuits are the enemies of Switzerland , because they hate and would obliterate Swiss feeling and Swiss nationality . They are the enemies of Switzerland , because they detest and aim at overthrowing our freedom . They are the enemies of Switzerland , b-canse wherever they are they try to appropriate the civil power , to abrogate free instituti'ins , and to degrade the Swiss people into a condition of slaves under a priestocracy . In fine , they are the enemies of S "vitzerisnd , because they oppose all true intellectual education , and would put chains on men ' s minds , that they might the more easily enslave their persons . "

      Every honest man , every friend to progress , every lover of liberty , will cry with honest Michele , "AboslaJemitaV

      Sim.Moxds's Colonial Magazine. November....

      SIM . MOXDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE . November . London : Simmsnds and Ward , Barge Yard , Bncklcsbury , There are a " ^ number of valunole articles in this number on the "Fisheries of New Brunswick ; " the " Trade and Commerce of Bengal ;" ¦ -he " Revenue of New South Wales ; " and a very important article by the Editor , urging the propriety and showing the necessity of tho colonies appointing agents in London to represent their interests . There are several other well written articles of a lighter character , to wit , "A visit to Coles ' s Cave , Barbadoes ; " ' * The Emirant , a tale of Australia ( concluded ); " " Reminiscences of Cuba ; " and an account of an " Exploring Expedition in New Zealand . " We extract the foiling interesting announcement from the Editor ' s "Note-Book : "MB . BICHABDSON ' s ANTI-SLAVEBT MISSION TO TEE

      GBEAT DESERT . We are happy to announce the arrival in London of our friend , Mr . J . Richardsou , from Central Africa . Mr . Richardson has made a tour during the last 12 months of some 2 , 500 m ' : les through the heart of the Great Desert , and besides visited all tbe great cities of Northern Africa . His principal object was to collect statistics on the traffic in slaves , in which hehas completely succseded . He has also collected amass of geographical and politics ! knowledge on the hitherto unexplored regions of the Central Sahara . In his arduous mission , Mr . Richardson had no assistance from any Consul or Government . He travelled alone with » rouaway slave ! The French Scientific Missions have employed ten years in exploring Northern Africa and the Great Desert ; they were backed by all the power and patronage of their Government , and had a corps of officers to aid them , and yet they have failed to obtain that new and correct information which is in posses-ion of the English tourist , obtained by him alone , and an unsheltered wanderer in the wilds of the Great African ATilderness of stone and sand . We

      unfeignedly hope that Mr . Richardson will , at least , receive sufficient patronage from the British public to enable him to publish bis researches , with a profit that will indemnify him for the personal expenses of his tour , —all , we believe , that he requires from his countrymen .

      Indigestion Familiarly Treated, With Ref...

      INDIGESTION FAMILIARLY TREATED , WITH REFERENCE TO ITS PREVENTION AS WELL AS CURE . By Jacob Dixon , Surgeon , & c . London : Sherwood , Gilbert , and Piper , Paternoster-row . We must pronounce this one of the best medical books we ever read ; because , so far as we can see , entirely free from quackery . The great majority of medical books , while describing the symptoms and causes of disease , give but little information as to the means of cure or prevention ; the reader coming to the end of his book with the impression that if he would learn ought of either cure or prevention , he must betake himself to the doctor ( the author of the work he has been reading ) , to obtain the wished

      for desideratum—of course on the " usuaVterms . " Inclined , therefore , to view medical works in the light of "decoy ducks , " we are not predisposad to indiscriminately praise them ; the work before us is , however , an exception , and well worthy of our best recommendation . The disease treated of in this little book is so widely spread , and is productive of so much misery , that any faithful exposition of its nature and the remedies which , in all but special cases may be safely resorted to , must be considered as a boon to thousands . Such an exposition the reader will find in the work under notice . We have but too good reason to entertain a " fellow feeling" for the victims of dyspepsia and TO OWlt 00 : fess that Dr . Dixon ' s work has afforded us wtoraation which we

      hope to profit by . We hare always considered it a most strange oversight on the part of medical authors to omit a glossary ofthe anatomical and medical terms employed by them . The work before us contains but few technicalities , nevertheless those few will be stumblingblocks to some readers ; and we advise that a glossary attached to a second edition , be given in explanation . With this recommendation to the author , we heartily recommend his book to our readers .

      The London Oracle Almanack For The Tear ...

      THE LONDON ORACLE ALMANACK FOR THE TEAR 1847 . London ; B . D . Cousins , 10 , Duke-street , Lincolns-inn-fields . In addition to the usual contents of an almanack , the London Oracle contains a deal of useful and interesting information , entitling it to an extensive sale .

      Mackenzie's, History Of England. No. 1. ...

      MACKENZIE'S , HISTORY OF ENGLAND . No . 1 . London : E , Mackenzie , No . Ill , Fleet Street . This is the first number of a new penny portable edition of tbe History of England , intended to be completed in about twenty-five numbers , and which will contain a faithful summary of the Monarchy , Aristocracy , and People ; with a chronological list of eminent and learned men , of the principal memorable events , naval and military battles , discoveries , inventions , & c , Ac ., < fcc- This is a work intended for

      the people , and , judging by the first number , we think will be worthy of the people ' s patronage . In this number we have an account of the "Ancient Britons , " the " Druids , " a sketch of the" Roman invasions and conquests , " a « ' chronological list of remarkable events" from the earliest record , to the end ofthe Roman power in Britain ; and general remarka" on the state ef Britain before and during the Roman supremacy . As a specimen of the truth-telling propensities of the author we quoted Ms notice of

      . GEORGE . A . D . 290 Apbil 23 rd . —St . George beheaded at Lyddia . Thiiii the tutelar saint ofthe English nation , the patron of arms , chivalry , and of the garter . St , George was born at Epiphania , in Cilicia , in a fuller ' s shop . By servile arU , he became hig h in the Christian church . By patronage , he procured the lucrative appointment of serving the Reman army with bacon . He accumulated vast wealth I bnt his fraud and corruption compelled him to fl y from justice ; and he concealed his wealth and person until his crimes were overlooked . He joined the

      Arian faction ofthe church , and by his riches became Bishop of Alexandria . His tyranny , in compelling conversions frem Heathenism , aroused the mob , who killed him , dragged his body throughthestreets , and afterwards carat it . He was made a martyr , a saint' and a Christian hero , by tbe Allans . A legendary fable of his heroism i « i killing a nondescrip" animal , called a " dragon , " to save the life of a princess ,, !* only put forth to give fame to his name , and excuse to thost bearing the honoured badge of bis order . We cordially recommend this work to our readers .

      Mackenzie's, History Of England. No. 1. ...

      BEAUTIES OF BYRON . THE VISION OF JUDGMENT . We have not room to notice many more of Southey ' s " blasphemies ; " the following is said of George III . Lift up your heads , ye Gates ; and ye everlasting portals , Be ye lift up ! for lo ! a glorified Monarch approacheth , One whoin righteousness reigned , and religiously goreru'd bis people . He next lumps together " Nassau the Deliverer , " and the Stuart who "bowed his anointed head beneath the axe of rebellion . " Strange conjunction ! Amongst the " elder worthies" Southey generously allows the " rebel" Milton a place ia heaven , but represents him as no longer hostile to kings and hierarchs !

      Milton ' s severer shade I saw , and in reverence humbled Gazed on that soul subline , of passion now as of blindness Healed , and no longer heie to kings and hierarchs hostile He was assoil'd from tait ofthe fatal fruit ; and in Eden , Not again to be lost , consorted an equal with Angels . But we must have done with this rubbish ; and now for this " rancorous lenagaloV appearance in Byron ' s "Vision . " The concluding stanza of the extract given in our last , represented the company assembled to try King George , as being interrupted by an unlocked for arrival : — At length with jostling , elbowing , and the aid Of cherubim appointed to that post , The devil Asmodous of the circle made

      His way , and looked as if bis journey cost Some trouble . "When his burden down he laid , •• What's this ! ( cried Michael , ) why , 'tis not a ghost !" " I know it , " quoth the incubus , " bat he Shall be one , if you leave the affair to me . Confound the Renegado 1 I hare sprained My left wing , he ' s so heavy ; one would think Some of his works about his neck were chained . But to the point ; while hovering o'er the brink Of Skiddaw , ( where ns usual it still rained ) , I saw a taper , far below me , wink , And stooping , caught this fellow at a libel-No less on history than on the Holy Bible . The former is the devil ' s scripture , and The latter yours , good Michael ; so the affair Belongs to all of us jou understand ,

      Isnatch'd him up just as you see him thero . And brought him off for sentence out of hand ; I ' ve scarcely been ten minutes in the air—At least a quarter it can hardly bo ; I dare say that his wife is still at tea . " Here Satan eaid , " I know this man of old , And have expected him for some time here : A sillier feltew you will scarce behold , Or more conceited in his petty sphere ; But surely it was nut worth while to fold Such trash below your wing , Asmodeus dear ! We had the poor wretch safe ( without being bored With carriage ) coming of his own accord . ' But since he's here , let ' s see what he has done , " "Done !" cried Asmodeus , "he anticipates The very business you are now upon , And scribbles as it head-clerk to the Fates . Who knows to what his ribaldry may run ,

      When such an ass as this , like Balaam's prates , " let ' s hear , " quoth Michael , " what he hag to say , You know we ' re bound to that in ovory way . " # * * * The varlet was not an ill-favoured knave ; A good deal like a vulture in the face , With a hook nose and a hawk ' s eye , which gave A smart and sharper looking sort of grace To his whole aspect , which , though rather grave , Was by no means so ugly as his case ; But that indeed was hopeless as can be , Q-: ite a poetic felony " de sb . " * # * * He said—( I only give thee heads )—he said , He meant no harm in scribbling ; ' twashis way Upon all topics ; 'twas , besides , his bread , Of which he buttered both sides ; 'twould delay Too long the assembly ( he wsts pleased to dread ) And take up rather more time than a day , To name his works—he would but cite a few-Wat Tyler—Rhymes on Blenheim—Waterloo .

      He had written praises of a regicide ; He had written praises of all kings whatever ; He had written for republics far and wide , And then against thera bitterer than ever ; For pantiiocracy be once had cried Aloud , a scheme less moral than 'twas clever ; Then grew a hearty anti-jacobin—Had turn'd his coat , and would have turned his skin He had sung against all battle , and again In their high praise and glory ; be had call'd Reviewing " the ungentle craft , " and then Become as base a critic as e ' er crawl'd—Fed , paid , and pamper'd by the very men By whom his muse and morals had been maul'd ; He had written much blank verse , and blanker prose And mors of both thnn any body knows . He had written Welsey's life;—here turning round To Satan , " Sir , I'm ready to write yours , In two octavo volumes , nicely bound .

      With notes and preface , all that most allures The pious purchaser ; and there ' s no ground For fear , for I can choose my own reviewers : So let me have the proper documents , That I may add you to my other saints . " Satan bow'd and was silent . " Well , if you , With amiable modesty , decline My offer , what says Michael ! There are few Whose memoirs could be render'd more divine , Mine is a pen of all work ; not so now As it was once , but I would make you shine like your own trumpet ; by the way , my own Has more of brass in it , and is as well blown . But talking about trumpets , here ' s my Vision ! Now you shall judge nil people ; yes , you shall Judge with my judgment ! and by my decision Be guided who shall enter heaven or fall ! I settle all these things by intuition ,

      Times present , past , to come , heaven , hell , and all Like King Alfonso . When I see thus double , I save the Deity some worlds of trouble . " He ceased , and drew forth an MS . ; and no Persuasion on the p * rt of devils , or saints , Or angels , now could stop the torrent ; so He read the first three lines of tUe contents ; But at the fourth , the whole spiritual show Had vanish'd , with variety of scents , Ambrosial and sulphureous , as he sprang , Like lightning , off from his " melodious twang . " Those grand heroics acted as a spell : The angels stopp'd their ears and plied their pinions ;

      The devils ran bowling , deafen'd , down to hell ; The ghosts fl = d , gibbering , for their own do minions—( For ' tis not yet decided where they dwell ^ , And I leave every man to his opinions ;) Michael took refuge in his trump—but lo ; His teeth were set on edge , he could not blow . Saint Peter , who has hitherto been known For an impetuous saint , upraised his keys , And at the fifth line knock'd the Poet down ; Who fell like Phaeton , but more at ease , Into bis lake , for there he did not drown , A different web being by the Destinies Woven for the Laureate ' s final wreath , when ' er Reform shall happen either here or there . He first sunk to the bottom—like his works ,

      But soon rose to the surface—like himself ; For all c-rrupted thing are buoy'd , like corks , By their own rottenness , light as an elf , Or wisp that flits o'er a morass ; he lurks , It may be , still , like dull books on a shelf , In his own den , to scrawl some " Life" or " Yision , " As Welborn says— "thedevil turn'd precisian , " As for the rest , to come to the conclusion Of this true dream , the telescope is gone Which kept my optics free from all delusion , And show'd me what I in my turn have shown : All I saw farther in the last confusion , Was that King George slipp'd into heaven for one And when the tumult dwindled to a calm , I left him practising the hundredth psalm . TVe conclude with the following extract from Byron ' s " Notes" to his " Vision : "—

      Mr . Southey , with a cowardly ferocity , exults over the anticipated'death-bed repentance' ofthe objects ot his dislike ; and indulges himself in a pleasant 'Vision of Judgment , 'in prose as Well as verse , full of impious impadenee . What Mr . Southney ' s sensations or ours may be in the awful moment of 1 * aving this state of existence , neither he nor we can pretend to decide . In common I presume , with most men of any reflection , I have not waited for a death-bed to repent of many of my actions , notwithstanding the ' diabolical pride' which this pitiful rerirgadoin his rancour would impute to those who scorn nix . Whether upon tho whole the good or evil of my deeds mny preponderate is not for me to ascertain ; but as my means and opportunities have been greater , I shall limit my present defence to an assertion , [ easily proved , if necessary , J that I , 'in my degree , 'have done more real good in any one given year , since I was twenty , than Mr . Southney in the whole course of his shifting and turncoat existence . -

      Jbnnt Lind.—The Celebrated Jenny Linil I...

      Jbnnt Lind . —The celebrated Jenny Linil is uow singing at Frankfort-nn-the-Maine , and , in spita of the threefold increased priceof admission , it is almost impossible to find places at any of the part' ormance . A Swoojt . —A young man , at Paris , fell down apparently in a swoon , after a dentist had drawn his tooth . The dentist ran for assistance , when the patient decamped with a gold watch and a purse of gold , j ... _

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      Fiwj-Sovermom Pibcbs.—Some Live-Sovereig...

      Fiwj-Sovermom PibCbs . —Some live-sovereign Pieces have lately been struck at the Royal Mint by mi . . wyon the senior medalist , and though as yet ou « in the hands of a few of the authorities , and not consequently ;„ public circulation , they stand as a portion of the eoin ofthe ; realm ; but whether they will be called out for general use immediately or otherwise , the government have not decided . In point of size it bears resemblance to a crown piece , nutotlierwise , irrespective of value , it is much neater in detail . The obverse displays a representation of her majesty , and tlie reverse the figure of her Majesty as Una , so beautifully described by Spencer , guarded by fie lion ( standard of England ) , and holding the sceptre . Mysterv and Cosjubios . —A mother and daughter being together in this county ( Westmorland ) , were brought to bed on the same dav . of each a

      son . In the bustle ofthe moment both babes were placed m a cradle , and , to the confusion of the moai' Yi th 9 youngsters were taken from the crad . e , the nurses were unable to tell which was the mother s and which the daughter ' s son ! A matter wnic / l , ot course , must for ever remain a mystery . « Sfr ! H 8 PKA'M , « HousE .-Died , October 23 d , at btratford-on-Avon , Mrs . Court , aged 75 ; for upwards ot twenty years the occupant and exhibitor of the rT * » ' whlc » the immortal Shakspeare "first saw t ' lT I' ~~ "Vho death of Mrs . Court , the owner of the house that property will be disposed of ( according to the will ot her late husband . ) In this celebrated house hewas born and educated ; there he married ftf V ' i " ne [ Iathaway ; and spent the latter part M his days , and was hurried ( as is universally Known ) , in the chancel of his native parish church . x ? onn rf DlsC 0 VKRT op Bamk Notbs Amounting to AJUD . —During the last Newmarket Races . Mr . Samuels the resident engineer of the Eastern

      Connn u -j « entered a first class carriage at the Oambridge station for the purpose of returning to London , and on his journey he kicked his foot against something lying under one of the seats . On stooping to see what it was , ho found that it was a pocket-book , containing Bank notes and cheques to the amount of £ 299 . From the nnme on thecheqnes , the owner was discovered , and on the arrival of the train in London , the book , with its valuable contents , was restored to him by Mr . Samuels . . . Astonishing Feat . — The Davenpott Telegraph says : —On Thursday evening , ono of the most extraordinary feats we ever remember to have witnessed , was performed by a man named Irvine . A rope was stretched from the lamp at Stonehouse Bridge to a pole on the opposite side , a distance of about 400 feet , The rope was about 80 feet from the water , and he engaged to walk across it , executing his task amidst the cheers of at least 2 , 00 , 0 spectators .

      A Funk , Candidatb fob thk Stiruko Buttons , —As the fol ' offinsf address to the electors ofthe Stirling burghs , by Mr . Henderson , of YVesterton , which is now going the round of tho papers , is rather unique and out of the common run , we give a place : — " Gentlemen—As there is nothing like a good entry for the M . P . stakes , I hate the pleasure of joinin the ruck with the sincerity of honest principlespolitical ? I hitherto have had none ; but being a new broom , I should try to sweep clean if I was intrusted with your many and valuable interests , and only told from time to time , what you wanted . I should then leave no stone unturned , by fair means if possib'e , to gain your point . It may be well to give a short sketch of one ' s life to inform some of the electors , I then have the pleasure of

      statins that I have been studying men and manners , and things in general , in parts of three quarters of the world—in India , the Mediterranean , and Nova Scotia , and also Home Stations , for twenty-one years and have now turned my bloodless sword into a ploughshare , or political new broum , as the case may be , and free of al ! prejudices and incumbrances , social or otherwise . But as thero is nothing so bad as an empty compliment , I shall wait impatiently for yonr acknowledging this , my maiden address , before I fix on a series of dinners in the district for us to arrange and discuss our political catechism . " A Hist to tub Lnnplorps . — " There is no foundation in nature or in natural law , why a set of words on parchment should convey the dominion of land . "—Blaelstone .

      Hands Off . —Kissing other people s wives is a hazardous business . We see by the Louisville papers that n r . iverend gentleman there has been held to bail in 500 dollars for kissing the wife of a pretty Frenchman , one of his tenants , when he went to receive his vent ; and a correspondent of the J ? osto »» Traveller , writing from Newbery-port , gives another illustration . Duatii op a Misbr . — The N » w Orleans Times mentions the death in that city of an Italian named Roscende , who had served as a city watchman there for the last 26 years . He was a miser in his habits , and at his death left an estate of from 25 , 000 dollars to 30 , 000 dollars . Honesty its own Rewaud . —An American paper says : — " The man who lost his eyesight by reading a borrowed newspaper has recovered it again since he became a subscriber . "

      Age ' s of Lkadino Politicaks , —The Duke of Wellington is 17 ; Lord Lyridhurst , H ; Daniel O'Connell . fi ; Joseph Hume , 70 ; the Duke of Rutland , 6 S : Lord Brougham , 67 ; Colonel Thompson , 63 ; Earl Firz-vilHaw , DO ; Sir Robert Peel , 58 ; the Duke of Devonshire , 56 ; Sir James Graham , 54 ; Dr . Bawriin ; , 53 ; the Duke of Richmond , 53 ; Lord Stanley . 46 ; Ettrl Grey , Lord Morpeth , and Lord George Bentinck , are each 44 ; Sir W . Molesworth is 36 . Ladies' Bustles . —A committee of the Essex

      county . New Jersey , Fair , it seems , has recommended to favourable notice , a certain India rubber lady ' s bustle , a new invention , intending to answer the double purpose of an article of dress and a life preserver ; and they pronounee the affair in their opinion worthy of a diploma . —New York Express . ^ Bbware !—Miss Fly , of Massachusetts , has recovered three hundred and sixty-three dollars of Mr . Frost , for a breach of promise of marriage . He courted her for one year , and the jury allowed a dollar per day .

      The Bkst Yet . — ' My dear Polly , I am surprised at vour taste in wearing another woman ' s hair on your head , ' said Mr . Smith to his wife . ' My dear Joe , I am equally astonished that you persist in wearing another sheejy ' s wool on jour back . There now . Poor Smith sneaked . The Business of Nations is like tho business of individuals ; it requires the employment of stipentkries to carry it on lor the good of the master and his family . That is tho only oljeot and end of management ,, whether of a family or of a nation . — hampden ' s History ofthe Aristocracy of England . Indians visiting the American President . —The Union , noticing the arrival at Washington , of a delegation of Winnebago Indians , says : —They are twentv-three in number , and the finest-looking , best and most appropriately dressed and painted bands

      of Indians we have ever seen . The President received and welcomed the delegation in bis usual bland and courteous manner . Shaw-go-nik or Little Hill , orator ofthe delegation , said , the Winnebagoes had heard the voice of their Great Father along dis tanceoff—that their Father , the governor of Iowa and their agent had informed them that their Great Father wished to see a delegation of their people on business—that the chiefs and braves now here were chosen to represent the Wihnebago nation—that the principal chief , "Wen-ne-shick , " was now very old and infirm , and could not accompany the delegation , but his brother was herein his place . The agent ( Gen . Fletcher ) then announced that the brother of Wen-ne-shich , had brought a pipe from the old chief tor the President , which he desired now to present . Ah-hoo-zhib-kawa young chiefthen rose , and after

      , , making a pertinent little speech , in which he called the pipe the "emblem of peace and friendship , sent by the Great Spirit to the red man , " he presented it to the President . He had previously charged the pipe with their favourite lHii-ne-hin-iel ' , and lighting it , desired the President to smoke . — 'Die pipe was then passed to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs , and to all the Indians , and in the circle around the room , each taking a whiff as a mark of good will . Magisterial Logic—Magistrate to Gentleman . —Your offence , sir , is most atrocious , and cannot in any way be justified . You have nearly killed one man , and seriously injured another . Your conduct was most brutal , and derervesto be reprobated with the strongest punishment . I shall , " therefore . " inflict upon you the penalty of five shillings . —Vide the papers every day . —Punch .

      Pedestrianism Extraordinary . — On Monday young Mountjoy performed the following extraordinary fete within one hour ; at the N rtltumberland Cricket olub Ground , in Newcastle : —Walked forward one mile , ran one mile , trundled a hoop half a mile , hopped on one leg 200 yards , ran backwards 200 yards , picked up with his mouth' forty eggs , placed a yard apart , without touchin g the ground witb / his knees , or the eggs with his hand- > , and afterwards despositing them in a bucket of water without breaking any of them , and finally leaping over twenty hurdles placed ten yards apart . Nothing New under tub Sun . — Professor Otto Von Fogginkopf , the well-known Greek professor of Gottingen , has pointed out that the ancients were certainly acquainted with gun-cotton . The shirt of Nessus , which burnt poor Hercules to death , must evidently have been made of-thia combustible . — Punch . .

      A Good Man Gone . —From an American journal we recorded under this title last week the death by drowning of a man in whose pocket was found a receipt for payment of his newspaper ! It was a credit payment for a year past , and wo have since ascertained that tlie breast pocket containing it was the first that floated . All the . printers in our establishment Uink that if he had had another receipt for ayear in advance in the other breast pocket , he —might have floated as secure as a tub . The strictest orders have recently been given by her Majesty to all the royal servants , that if any one ofthe mime of Louis Philippe should call , they are to be sure to say her Majesty ia " not at home . "i ° ttncA ^; ' ^

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      A Whalr at Evhii—A whale measuring 51 feet has been captured in the riuraber by the crew of a fishing vessel . It was sold for £ 40 . Sir Robkht Pbbi .. —We understand that the right lion , baronet has been suffering from an attack of gout . A Donket got his Thistle . —We understand that the Earl of Stair has got the Grsen Ribbon of the most ancient Order of the Thistle , vacant by the death of the Marquis of Ailsa . Opening op the London Homoeopathic Hospital . On Menday the above hospital , situated at No . 17 , Hanover-square , was publicly opened for the reception of gratuitous in-patients suffering under acute disorders . Bonding in Manchester . — The first landing of goods at the wharf lately erected , connecting the Manchester Bonding Warehousing Company ' s warehouses , Sall ' ord , with the river Irt vell , took place last week .

      More Food prom Ambrica A letter from Liverpool , ol Friday ' s date , says :- " Within the last two days , and in three vessels onl y , from America , we hare the following imports . '—50 , 500 bushels of wheat ; 6 , 400 barrels of flour ; 1 / M bushels of Indian corn : 600 casks of beef and pork ; 370 barrels of hams . Robbery of Puts . — On Saturday afternoon a large quantity of plate was stolen from the kitchen of the house of Mr . Fontyens , Clarendon Villa , Netting

      Hill . A Lbagubii Silbnced . —John Bright , Esq ., M . P ., is now seriously indisposed , arising it ia sa'd , from an ulcerated throat . The Teries threaten to oppose Bright . John at Manchester . During the nights of Saturday and Sunday sixteen prisoners were lodged in the Birkenhead Bridewell , out of which number there were no less than 15 Irishmen . Rural . Post in France . —The Journal dela Somme gives the following curious instance of tho mode in which the rural postal service is performed : — " The distance from Tr 6 vres to Famcchon is about a quarter of anjhour ' s walk , but Trevrcs'belongs half to the department of the Somme , and half to that of

      the Pas-de-Calais . The latter is nearest Famechon , which also belongs to the Pas-de-Calais . Now , if a letter be written to a friend at Trievres-Somme , it performs the following circuit : —From Famechon it soes first to Pas , 1 kilometre ; from Pas to Labrot , 10 ; from Labret to Arras , 16 ; from Arras to A . iiens , 60 ; from Amiens to Doullens , 28 ; from Doullens to Acheux , 16 ; and . from Acheux to Thievres , 10 ; making a total of 141 kilometres , or thirtyfive leagues , for a service , the real length of which is a quarter of a league . " Consultation per Telegraph . — The services of the electric telegraph between Norwich and Shoreditch were put into requisition on Thursday in a

      novel manner , being made the means of communication between a physician in London and his patient in the former place . On Wednesday Dr . L , a celebrated obstetric physician , was sent for from London to attend a lady , lying there in a dangerous state : on his return to town , he left instructions to the medical attendant to convey information of the state of the patient the next morning by means ofthe telegraph . This was promptly done on Thursday morning , and the perscription was as promptly returned . This , it would appear , was repeated more than once , the services of the telegraph being continued for four hours . Unhappily the telegraph completed its communications by announcing the death ofthe lady . — Essex Herald .

      Ihe exportation of British gunpowder was formerly prohibited , but such restrictions has been discontinued for some years past , and at tho present time a French bark is lying at Erith , in the river Thames , loading with this destructive material . It will take in a cargo of 4 , 000 barrels , which has been supplied by Messrs Hall , the gunpowder manufacturers of Davington , near Faversham . Loud Mayor ' s Day . —The line of the paffonnt will be from Guildhall alon ? King Street , Cheapside , Poultry , Cornliill , Gracechurcli Street , Kinu William Street , Arthur Street , to Fishmonger ' s Hall , London Bridge , when his Lordship and the civic authorities will embark and proceed to Westminster Hall , returning from thence to Blackfriars Bridge . Sib Gsorge Carroll , tlie Lord Mayor elect , will commence the proceedings at the Mansion House PoJicc ,. Court , every day during his mayoralty , at ten o ' clock instead of twelve , as at present .

      Piivsic Gardkxs at Chelsea . —The company of apothecaries have appointed Mr . Fortune as curator of their gardens at Chelsea , in room of the lato Mr . Anderdon , F . L . S . Sir Henry Pottinger his been appointed , in addition to the office of the Governor of the 0 ap 8 of Good Hope , the .-Queen ' s High Coinmsssioner for settling and adjusting the affairs of the Eastern and North-eastern Iron tier of the colony . A Railway Example . —The second class railway carriages in France are well lined and padded , with cushioned seats , glass windows , and lamps for the tunnels , quite equal to many of the English first class . Sporting Parsons . —The game list shows that 16 of the Yorkshire clergymen have taken out certllicates to kill game .

      Ihe Famous Oak at Rtbbcsford , Worcestershire , was destroyed by the late equinoctial gales . It had been in existence about eight centuries . Ska-Gglls . —During the prevalence of the equinoctial scales , several sea-guils were shot in the pond * in Yorkshire , fur inland . Ripe Raspberries . —There is now in the garden of Mr , Thompson , York , a fine crop of ripe raspberries . Rather Tall . —A chimney was finished at Wigan , last week , one hundred and forty yards high , and contains nearly a million of bricks . " Tait ' s Magazine—It is not true , although reported by several of our contemporaries , that Tait ' s Magusiie has been disposed of , and that the purchasers are Messrs . A . and C , Black . —Edinburgh Advertiser .

      bALE at Ford Abbey , —The arras tapestry in the grand saloon at Ford Abbey , Dorsetshire , the seat of the late Francis Gwyn , Esq ., was sold on Wednesday last , by Mr . Enulish , ot Bath , to Mr . George Miles , the purchaser ofthe Ford Abbey Estate , for £ 2 , 200 . A Night on a Hock . —During the stormy weather last week , a clergyman at Scarborough set out with the intention of walking to Filey by the sands and rocks . Having got a considerable distance , Ue found it impracticable to proceed further , and attempted to return ; but the tide had flowed < o high he could not succeed . He remained on the r- 'ck all night . The Hessians . —Great numbers of Hessians are at the present time in the United States in a starving condition .

      A Gluttonous Brute—A fellow named Evans , on tlie occasion of the late election at Craborchard , Kentucky , in presence of all who were about the polls , made his . dinner on fourteen chickens , drank forty cups of coffee , nine pints of whisky , and ate ginger cakes and other things in proportion , and called for more chickens . Significant !—It is said that Mr . Hudson recently entered into a contract to purchase an estate for £ 800 , 000 , but has preferred to pay a forfeit el ' something tinder £ 10 , 000 . The English Popess . —In a work sanctioned by the head ot the Church of England is described as at once a Queen and a Popess ( Papes / a ) . The Chinese Collection—This very curious collection will very shortly be removed from the metropolis , the proprietors being about to exhibit the contents in the various large towns and cities of the country .

      An Old Almanack . —There is in the British Museum an almanack , written \ m papyrus , nearly 3 . 000 years old , which , bavins been used by some Egyptian of the olden time , was buried with him . A Set of Fools . —According to tlie . Gloucester Journal , General Tom Thumb was nearly kissed und caressed to death by the gentle fair ones of Stiv . tid . Consistent—Vkuy !—The Philadelphians are rigid and very consistent ; oyster cellars are not allowed to ba open on Sunda ; s ; but any number of mob fights are permitted ; hence the inference that oysters are more dangerous than niolis .

      Grand Mexican Aloe . —This magnificent plant , recently in flower at the Colosseum , has now upon it , some thousand young aloes , each bud after flowering produced a new plant ; it may , therefore , be regarded as an extraordinary horticultural curiosity , differing in this respect from every species of aloe before known to flower in England , and it is presumed to be the only specimen of the sort ever brought from the South American wilderness to Europe . A Numerous Family . —The present Emperor of China has several hundred children , and the Peking Gasette , the court journal , occasionally contains accounts of riots and disturbances at the palace , aris ing from disputes among the heirs as to who shall be the next Emperor . Something Wonderful . — The Imvartial de

      Smyme , of the 10 th ult ., says : —A few days since i > shark was caught near Chesme , weighing nea-ly twenty-six quintals . On opening the monster , the corpse of a man- untnutilated and dressed , was found iu his belly . " Great Scullers ' Match for Two IIuxdrred Pounds . —A match , which excites considerable interest in the aquatic circles , has been made between Henry Clasper , the celebrated sculler , and Anthony Maddison , to row on tho river Tync , on the 16 th inst . Opposition to the Proposed City Improvements . —The Farringdon-Wiihoutonians are " in arms

      against the proposedu > utlay of the corporation funds in the formation of wJujav street . The Most Extraobdinakv Passages on Record . —The new Clyde ship Doogaum , built by Messrs . W . Simon , and Co ., sailed from Greenock the 22 nd of September , 1815 ; arrived out in Calcutta in ninety days ; sailed ag . tin the 28 th of January , and arrived at Greenock the 19 th of May ; left there again the 13 th of June , and was out at Calcutta on the 12 th of September ; thus making the three ' passages , including the time in port , in ouo days . _ Sons or Ibrahim Pacha at Wokihop , —Two of

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      ? sons of Ibrahim P » cha are now , under the oara of Dr . Heldenmaier , president of the Pestalozziau school , at Worksop , in Nottinghamshire . Servbbim right . —An officer in tbe Pacha ' s army was latel y shot at Pompey ' s Pillar , for having murdered his wife by hanging her for the sake of her jewels . ¦ . ' f ° Pbhvhm Rot is Potatoes . —Eat them before they begin to decay . —( American paper . ) " Pbettv Well . —The " Nouvelliste , " of Marseilles , states that , a few days ago , a female of that citv was tiafolj delivered of a boy and three girls , who are with the mother , all doing well .

      on ? t " " - ™ o » ik Sicilt . —On the night of the 30 th of September , a tempest of wind and rain ravaged the Melazzo and Marsala . A terrible flood ravaged the former town . The inhabitants were surprised in their sleep ; trees , sheds , and houses were carried away , and a hundred persons perished . Captain Warner ' s Long Range . —Colonel Chalmers , R A ., attended by Captain Warner , has jusb selected the range ofjmsrsh required for the purpose on the each side of tho Essex coast , suitable to the occasion , where no danger can arhe from such experiments . Pirates . —It is rumoured that seven large pirate vessels have been destroyed by an English man « of « war coming from Singapore , and bound to Borneo . The CuoLKRA . r-Lctters from Trebizonde to the

      26 th Sept . state that the cholera had passed the line ofthe Russian quarantine on the Caspian , and was ravaging the districts of Salgan and Leukeran . la the towns west of the Caspian the mortality was great , from dysentery and other diseases considered forerunners of she Asiatic cholery . The inhabitants of Teheran have been reduced from 80 , 000 to CO . 000 by this dreadful scourge . Floods in Italy . —The heavy rains which have fallen lately have occasioned in Italy and Piedmont , very disastrous inundations . In the Alps , the torrents have become suddenly so swollen as to prevent in several places all communication between France and Italy . According to a letter from Nice of the 20 th ult ., there . had been heavy falls of rain for several successive days which has caused the rivers to overflow , and several bridges to be demolished .

      Death of Mb . P . M . Stbwabi , M . P . —This gentleman expired at the residence of his mother . Lady Stewart Carnock , Falkirk , N . B ., on Friday morning last , at eight o ' clock , after a painful and pro * tracted illness . Inundation in Switzerland . — The Rpuss has overflowed its banks , and inundated the vast valley of Reuss , in which there are 11 villages The Celebrated Vihnnbsb Dancers . 48 in number , under the direction of Madame Weiss , sailed a lew days ago in the packet-shi p Yorkshire , Captaia Bailey for N & w York . Great Trotting Match pob £ 50 . —On Tuesday the match between Mr . Robson ' s srey horse and Mr . Baker ' s brown mare to trot two miles in harness for £ 25 aside , came off at Wimbledon Common . The mare won .

      The Ichabob Mummy . —After making the tour of Lancashire and Scotland , the relio of humanity has found a resting place at the Cosraorama , Regent * street , Death op Marshall Bourmont . —Accounts have been received of the death of Marshall Bourmont , at his ^ chateau in An jou . The Marshall was 73 years of age . Importation op Flour Duty Free . —Leopold , King ofthe Belgians , has decreed that till the 1 st of December , 1840 , flour of all kinds originating ia countries out of Europe are declared free from duty when imported into the kingdom . The Chineese Gazette is the oldest paper in the world , and is supposed to have b ? en commenced several hundred years before the discovery of printing in Europe .

      Cost of Cleanliness . —A writer in the" Builder " estimates the laundry expenees of the metropolis at five millions per annum , and proposes the formatioa of an extensive washing company . ( What is to become of the laundresses ?) 1 unch ' s Statub . J— A Mr . Livington has opened a new inn at Hull , which he has called the " Punch " Hotel . The town has been greatly amused by a colossal and grotesque figure of Punch attended by his do ;; Toby , which has been erect ,-d outside-A Startling Incident for the Great Novel-Grindkr . —The celebrated French novelist , Alexander Dumas , who with his father and a party of friends , eight altogether , set off a few days since to visit Teledo and Aranjues , on their way to Andalusia , had a near escape from being robbed and probably murdered , on the road from Toledo to Aranjuez .

      Jewish Colonies . —A letter from Posen , of the 17 th , states that an association formed in that place , under the patronage of the King of Prussia , for establishing Jewish colonies , has purchased land to the value of 024 , OOOfr . The Ipswich ' and Bury Railway , is rapidlv approaching completion . A Strange Visitor . —On Monday , one of those rare birds , the bittern , was shot on Wandsworth Common . Fatal Accident in tub Regent ' s Canal . —On Tuesday , a lad about fourteen years of age was amusing himself by what is termed running tbe barges , near the Kentish T . iwti lock , when he lost his footiug , w & s precipitated into about twelve feet of water , and was drowned .

      Extraordinary Scesb . —At a meeting of the vestrymen of St . Pancras , held on Monday last , those " potent , grave , and reverend signers" amused themselves for the space of an hour in investigating * charge against a man named Pike , of having ' " chucked" a vestryman ' s servant girl under the chin ! Ultimately the unfortunate Pike was acquitted . Fatal Effects op British Cholera . —At Torhouse Moor by Wigtnn , Cormick Flanigan had been confined to bed for about eighteen month * , when , in September , his family were attacked with British cholera , and himself and four of them have since died . There are still four more of this family lingering under this complaint . New Opera . —Mr . Frederick Bowen Jesson , fhe celebrated pianist and composer , is at present engaged in pmducine an opera , founded on the story nf Amy Robsart , the herione of Sir Walter Scott ' s Kenilworth .

      ' 1 he Cyclops Frigate , and Steam Ship Pottinger ; on Share . —These vessels grounded off Cowes , on . Sunday morning last , during the fog . Both were not ' off again without damage . Military Pknsi'ineus . —On Saturday , the north division of the Chelsea out-pensioners , under the command of Captain Carr , completed their drill ia Regent ' s Park . The expected field-day is postponed till the 13 th of November , when , . should the weathei- be favourable , all the divisions will be inspected in Hyde Park by the Commander-in-Chief . Nikk IIu . xdrkd Pouo . vs . —Stolen , or Lost , from the coat-pocket of Mr . II . Aldhouse . of No . 37 , Marystreet , Kingsland-road , Shoralitch , between that nnd Bishopsgate Church , Bishopsgate-street .

      ruiJLic Baths and Washhouscs in Liverpool . —Oa Wednesday morning the new public baths and washhouses , just completed by the wealthy corporation of Liverpool , for the benefit of the working classes , and for the improvement of the sanitary condition of the poor , were thrown open to the public for inspection . Ax Association for the Reduction of the Duties oa Tea , is now fully organised . This Frknch Government has decided that all its civil functionaries , i . « ., all its clerks and such people , shall wear a distinguishing uniform . The Glove Trade of Worcester has been reduced to a lower ebb during the past month than it h . 13 ! > eeii known to have reached for years . The Exportation of British Gunpowder was formerly prohibited , but such restriction has been discontinued for feme years past , and at the present time a French barque is lying at Erith , in the river Tham .-. i , loading with this destructive mtiteriai .

      A inkw Park Entrance—Workmen an onp ! : > yed in forming . ' ) new public entrance , leading from ' Gfos * venor-placeon to Constitution IIHI , Green Park , at tho north end nf the private gui'dens of Buckingham Palace , and nearly opposite Tattersall ' s . The Carpet Trade of Kid' . lotttinster , which had somewhat revived during the month of August and September , has declined again to so low an " ebb that the first houses arc now only working four days a week . Railway Accident . —On Monday morning , the stoker of a lugiiaae train , named llagan , on the Brighton and Chichester Railway , had his arm broken in a shocking manner by the wheel of the engine .

      Explosivh Invention . —A letter from Vienna state * that Dr . Heller , of that city , has prepared tow in the s : une way as has been lately done for cotton , and that its explosive force is far more considerable , Pur . iTY op Election . —The Bristol Times says ' that the tlisagiiMtnent between Lord Pitzhavdiii- ^ e :-. ; ul his brothers may be attributed to the influence of a i ' . iie and artful Delilah . A pretty state of tiling that allows fair and artful Delilahs to return countv and city members ! Anti-Slavery Lectures . — Messrs . Lloyd Garrison , George Thompson , nnd Frederick D » uglass , are expected in Inverness , iu the course of tlieir antislavery mission . Short Time Movement . —We observe that the hut tera , drapers , and aothiers of Ayr , have agreed to shut their piaaes of business iu the ' evening at seven o ' clock .

      Atmosphkmc Railway betwixt Paislet and Glasgow . —It is proposed to construct a railway , to be worked on the atmospheric principle , between the above cities . Silvio Pki . lico , whose name is so well known in Europe , bv tli'J account of his sufferings , is now on a visit to M " . de Lanurtine , at his chateau in Bur"undv . ° A " Tump Caught . —The clerk , Cowap , who absconded from Wiugato Colliery with a large sum of money belong ing to Lord llowden , has been arrested , at Client by the Belg ian Consul here , with the property in his possession . AusTitAtuN Discoveries . —A supplement oxtrawliuary of the Saan ItiverNews , published , hi LNn dmi , mentions the discovery ot soal , and . of a , new port in Western Australia ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 7, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07111846/page/3/